Accountant – Property and Retail

What you will be doing

Join Auckland Airport’s Finance team as a Property & Retail Accountant.  In this role you will be supporting Mānawa Bay and the wider Commercial team while broadening your experience across property, retail, leasing, reporting and business partnering.

Working closely with the Property & Commercial and Mānawa Bay Centre teams, you will be a key finance contact for reporting, technical lease-related matters, month-end processes and performance insights across the Manawa Bay portfolio and wider investment property portfolio.

Your key accountabilities will be:

·       Prepare monthly management accounts, variance analysis and performance commentary for Mānawa Bay and assigned investment property assets.

·       Complete month-end processes, including reconciliations, accruals, journals, rent roll reporting and bank reconciliations.

·       Support property and lease accounting, including lease changes, rent reviews, fit out incentives, percentage rent and billing impacts.

·       Prepare budgets, forecasts and clear commentary to support planning and decision-making.

·       Improve and document finance processes, including JDE real estate accounting and related property finance systems, with continuous improvement at the heart of how you work.

What you will bring to the role

We’re looking for someone who brings strong commercial judgement, balanced with a customer-focus and a way of working that reflects Auckland Airport’s values. How we work matters as much as what we deliver. We are a busy hive of activity, and a lot of what we look for is how you would align with our AKL values All In | Tātou tatou – How we feel, Know How | Kōkiri Tahi – How we think and Let’s Go | Karawhiua – How we act. 

To ensure your success in this role, you will need:

·       CA qualified, equivalent qualification, or working towards qualification.

·       3–5 years’ relevant accounting experience, ideally in property, retail, leasing or a shopping centre environment.

·       Strong technical accounting skills, including IFRS 16, lease interpretation, and financial reporting impacts.

·       Experience with management accounts, reconciliations, budgets, forecasts, analysis and commentary.

·       Tech saavy and proficient with accounting ERP systems and reporting tools such as ReportsNow

·       A proactive, solutions-focused mindset, with strong stakeholder management skills and the confidence to work independently or collaboratively.

About us

Auckland Airport is the gateway to Aotearoa, connecting people, businesses and communities while supporting New Zealand’s economy.

E mahi ana mātou mō Aotearoa. We are working for New Zealand.

Whiria te tangata. Our values weave us together. They’re what we stand for, who we are and how we act.

Apply today

This is a great opportunity to take ownership of a visible property finance role, work with a unique retail and commercial asset, and help shape the systems, reporting, systems and insights forthat support one of Auckland Airport’s key precincts.

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now.

Attention Recruitment Agencies: Auckland Airport has a Direct Sourcing model and at this point in time we will not require any recruitment agency support for this role.

Please note that applications will be reviewed continuously throughout the recruitment period, and appointments may be made before the official closing date of the advert.

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